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is a misprint for " Reed- Warbler." The eggs were pronounced 

 by Dr. R. Bowdler Sharps to be those of the Marsh- Warbler. 

 The bird generally nests in osiers and not in reeds ; no details 

 were given as to how the nest was attached, but the materials 

 of which it was constructed seem to agree with the observ^ations 

 of Mr. Warde Fowler (c/. ZooL, 1906, pp. 401-409), to which 

 Mr. Beeston has evidently not referred. 



Marsh-Tit in Aberdeenshire. — One or two Parus palusfris 

 were seen near Alford on August 21st, 1907 (J. H. Gurney, 

 Ann. S.N.H., 1908, p. 49). As specimens of "Marsh-Tits" 

 from Forth and Moray have been assigned to the Willow-Tit 

 {Parus atricapillus kleinschmidti) by Dr. Hartert (c/. Fauna 

 Tay Basin, etc., p. 91, footnote), perhaps these birds may 

 liave been of that species. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher at the Bell Rock. — A 

 specimen of Muscicapa parva was obtained at the lighthouse 

 on the Bell Rock on October 25th, 1907. The bird escaped 

 the light-keeper, but left its tail-feathers in his hand, and 

 from these Mr. Eagle Clarke identified it satisfactorily (W. E. 

 Clarke, Ann. S.N.H., 1908, p. 49). 



Male Reed-Bunting Incubating. A male Emheriza 

 schoeniclus was flushed from a nest containing five eggs, 

 and feigned being crippled (Herbert Maxwell, Ann. S.N.H., 

 1908, p. 49). 



Rose-coloured Starling in Argyllshire. — A male 

 Pastor roseus was found dead by Mr. Baird, of Bonawe, 

 during the early autumn {Oban Times, August 31st, 1907). 



Glossy Ibis at Speymouth. — A specimen of Ibis fal- 

 cinellus was shot on the Lein Burn. No date is mentioned 

 (G. Muirhead. Ann. S.N.H., 1908, p. 50). 



Spoonbills in the West of Scotland. — An immature 

 male Platalea leucorodia shot on the island of Canna, and 

 another specimen secured in West Mull, were sent to 

 Mr. Bisshop for preservation in November, 1907 {Ann. 

 S.N.H., 1908, p. 50). 



Black-tailed Godwits in Scotland. — A specimen of 

 Limosa belgica is recorded by the Duchess of Bedford at Barra 

 on September 8th, 1907 {Ann. S.N.H., 1908, p. 8) ; another 

 (in full breeding plumage) by Mr. P. H. Bahr in the Outer 

 Hebrides on June 17th, 1907 {t.c, j). 25) ; another by the 

 Misses Baxter and Rintoul at St. Andrews on December 5th. 

 1907 {t.c, p. 53) ; another on Beauly Firth at the end of 

 November, 1907 {Field, November 23rd). 



